Henry Moore

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Sir Henry Spencer Moore, (Nagy Britannia, Yorkshire, 1898. július 30. – Hertfordshire, 1986. augusztus 31.) brit képzőművész, a 20. század egyik legjelentősebb szobrászművésze.

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The son of a mining engineer, born in the Yorkshire town of Castleford, Moore became well known for his larger-scale abstract cast bronze and carved marble sculptures. Substantially supported by the British art establishment, Moore helped to introduce a particular form of modernism into the United Kingdom.

His ability to satisfy large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, he lived frugally and most of his wealth went to endow the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts.

His signature form is a pierced reclining figure, first influenced by a Toltec-Maya sculpture known as "Chac Mool", which he had seen as a plaster cast in Paris in 1925. Early versions are pierced conventionally as a bent arm reconnects with the body. Later more abstract versions are pierced directly through the body in order to explore the concave and convex shapes. These more extreme piercings developed in parallel with Barbara Hepworth's sculptures. Hepworth first pierced a torso after misreading a review of one of Henry Moore's early shows.

His body is interred in the Artist's Corner at St Paul's Cathedral.

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West Wind (1928) Portland stone, 55 Broadway, London	Family Group (1950) bronze, Barclay School, Stevenage	Reclining Figure (1951) painted plaster, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge	Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1 (1961) bronze, Yorkshire sculpture park
Locking Piece (1963) bronze, on the bank of the River Thames, London	Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 (1963-64) bronze, Kenwood House, London	Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 (1963-64) bronze, Kenwood House, London	Three Way Piece No. 2 (The Archer) (1964-65) Toronto City Hall Plaza
Three Way Piece No. 2 (The Archer) (1964-65) Toronto City Hall Plaza	Hill Arches (1972-73) bronze, National Gallery of Australia	Three Forms: Vertebrae (1968-69), at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.	Large selection of sculptures, Art Gallery of Ontario
Kongreßhalle in Berlin with Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (1985?)	Kongreßhalle in Berlin with Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (1985?)	Kongresshalle in Berlin with Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (1985?)	Die Liegende in Stuttgart Staatsgalerie
Sculpture in front oh the Tel Aviv Museum of Art	relife 1 (1959) at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.	Large Vertebrae (Wirbel) 1967/68 - Münster, Germany Himmelreichallee	Large Arch, 1963/69, Huk in Oslo